Lions won't be lambs in Adelaide

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CONDITIONS may change but our approach must stay the same - we must maintain our aggression in Adelaide.

I spoke last week about the Australian team playing tough cricket, about reviving the raw aggression of bygone eras.

That's how we play our best cricket.

It is not a conditional pledge. You should not be a lion at one venue and a lamb at the next.

The Adelaide Oval is a flatter wicket than Brisbane but you can still play aggressive cricket on flatter decks.

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We did it in the last few Tests in England.

Obviously we may change plans how we bowl which is fine but I think here will be a lot of heat in this Test as well.

This Ashes will be like a boxing contest over five Tests.

I don't buy the chatter that the Test will be a draw. We are playing for a result.

As delighted as we were with our win in Brisbane, the reality of cricket being just a game was brought home to all of us with the tragic death of Marcus North's elder brother Lucas in a car accident.

Marcus is a part of the Australian cricket family and we all feel deeply for him and his family at this sad time.

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I am particularly pleased for Ryan Harris today that he will get to bowl in front of his former home crowd in such a big game.

It is a proud moment for Ryan and his family and also for me having seen him grow up.

I first saw him when he was an 11-year-old and I was playing state cricket and the memory is still strong.

Even then he stood out. There was just something about him.

The thing that appealed about him even at that age was that everything he did was fast - his bowling and even his running between wickets.

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He was a game changer with an X-Factor which he still contains.

He was cheeky little bugger but he still had great respect for the game and the other players.

Ryan always had promise but the key to his career was becoming stronger, fitter and heavier and being able to bowl a heavy ball.

In three years in state cricket he went from being a bloke who was bowling 125-130kph to 140kph plus.

It is never a formality that cricketers are going to achieve their potential.

He worked behind the scenes on every part of his game and the thing I really love about him is that he is a real competitor.

You can always tell a true competitor because they play as keenly for their club and their country.

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Ryan is like that. He knows no other way.

Harris is now one of the premier fast bowlers in the world. If you did a poll among the top batsmen in the world about the fast bowlers they least liked facing I bet he would be on every list.

There has been a lot of media speculation about whether Ryan would play in Adelaide but my view has been the same throughout.

If he is fit he plays.

That is what our nation of devoted cricket fans would want us to do so as a selection panel so that is what we should do.

We are not about rotation.

One of my great hopes for this Test is that the fanatical crowd support we received in Brisbane surges again at the Adelaide Oval.

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The Brisbane crowd was like a 13th man to us.

The newly renovated Adelide Oval looks wonderful. The fact that 55,000 will fit into it when its finished will make it even more special.

It is great to be back back home.

It is my first Test as national coach in Adelaide and already there has been a tremendous vibe about the match.

Test matches in Adelaide are not simply sporting contests.

They are major events which the whole city embraces.

Bring it on.

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